āsphānaka (3092)

āsphānaka
Entry 3092, Page 111, Col. 2

(AsPAnaka, AsPAnaka)
āsphānaka¦, nt. (= Pali appānaka, °ṇaka; etym. and lit. mg. obscure; doubtless = āspharaṇaka (-samādhi), q.v.; CPD conjectures relation to (ā-)sphāyate, swells, grows; LV seems to think of forms of spharati, but this may be etymological fancy, despite the Mvy āspharaṇaka-), n. of a kind of dhyāna (either alone, or in cpd. °ka-dhyāna): LV 250.14 °ka-dhyānaṃ samāpadyate…°nakam iti; explained lines 19--20 ākāśam aspharaṇam akaraṇaṃ avikaraṇaṃ tac ca sarvaṃ spharatīti hy ākāśasamaṃ tad dhyānaṃ (cf. Tib. on āspharaṇaka-) tenocyate āsphānakam iti; °kaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyāyeyaṃ (or other form of this verb) Mv ii.208.2; LV 251.14 f., 21; 259.1, 8, 10 (ākāśadhātuspharaṇaṃ dhyāyaty āsphānakaṃ dhyānaṃ, he meditates the ā° meditation which agitates the ether-element), and ff.; Mv ii.124.9, 15 °nakaṃ (in 9 v.l. °nakadhyānaṃ; in 15 mss. °nakaṃ dhyānaṃ, or āsphāra- kaṃ) dhyāyeyaṃ.

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